TAP - The Apartment Plug

Most of the “videos” are slideshows with AI voiceovers. Or videos with AI voiceovers. The voiceovers are creepy/uncanny, and though you can mute them, I struggle to understand why that feature exists to begin with. It’s nice that it shows you transit stops, gyms, etc nearby, but unfortunately it can’t give you travel/commute time estimates like Zillow can. I think transit stops only show underground/train stations, and not bus stops for some reason. I think maybe the aim here was to release something bare bones and then update it. Not ideal for lower-budget renters.

I don’t understand the need for this all or how it competes with the many apartment search platforms that already exist. When I search for a specific location, it shows me apartments scattered across the city instead of prioritizing the area I actually want. That alone makes it frustrating to use. On top of that, the whole scrolling model feels like a poor fit for apartment hunting. Finding a place to live is a major decision, it shouldn’t feel like mindless scrolling. Overall, the concept feels disconnected from what renters actually value in the search process.

this app tries to turn apartment hunting into a tiktok-style feed, probably to try and replicate the creator's tiktok success. however tiktok's UI is significantly more usable. for this app you put your criteria in, then you see a feed of short form videos of different apartment tours. the algorithm shows you listings it thinks you'll be interested in, except they don't strictly match the map or criteria; instead they show a percentage match to your preferences. there's no hard filters for non negotiables, and there's no map view or listings view. instead you just have to scroll through videos that you can't speed up searching for one that actually works. it's just endless scrolling instead of structured filtering and control. this is genuinely a waste of your time, i'd rather use craigslist or zillow. also, in order to search with filters, you have to make an account. maybe they're trying to bump their number of users up or something idk. just a really really bad customer experience. honestly this app seems to be completely vibe coded because I don't understand how a developer could actually work on this without going insane lol